Men’s Soccer Dominates George Mason, Concludes Season with 3-1 Win on Senior Day

Saturday, October 28

Washington, DC

3 PM

George Washington University

4-9-4, 2-5-1

George Mason

5-7-3, 2-5-1

George Mason

George Washington

Men’s Soccer Dominates George Mason, Concludes Season with 3-1 Win on Senior Day

10/28/2023 8:25:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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WASHINGTON - The George Washington men's soccer team (4-9-4, 2-5-1 A-10) concluded the 2023 season in style, downing rival George Mason (5-7-3, 2-5-1 A-10), 3-1, on both Senior Day and Alumni Day at the GW Soccer Field on Saturday afternoon. The Buff and Blue scored all three goals in a span of four minutes and 17 seconds early in the first half, stunning the Patriots who were only able to fight back with one goal.

HOW IT HAPPENED
14th Minute: Will Turner attempted a cross into the box, which deflected to George Mason's goalkeeper, who punched the ball back in the direction of Turner. Turner took one touch with his chest to settle the ball before beating the goalkeeper on the near side with his shot. The goal was unassisted.

17th Minute: Tim Neumann and George Vincent found themselves on a 2v2 fast break. Vincent passed the ball to a streaking Neumann, who split the George Mason defenders with his run before beating the goalkeeper to the near side with his shot. Vincent was credited with the assist.

18th Minute: Neumann and Vincent connected again just moments later as Neumann's cross floated just over a George Mason defender and right to Vincent, who volleyed the cross out of mid-air and into the side netting. Neumann earned an assist on the play.

29th Minute: George Mason got one back when Henry Wachsman scored his third goal of the year on a curling shot from the top of the 18-yard box. Asparuh Slavov and Souley Diouf assisted on the play.

NOTEWORTHY

Neumann and Vincent each scored their first goals of the season. For Neumann, the goal came on his Senior Day and was the second of his career, while for Vincent, the goal was the first of his career as he finished off his rookie campaign with four points (one goal & two assists).
Turner's goal was his fourth of the year, which is a team-best mark as he closed the year with a team-high 11 points (four goals & three assists).
Duncan Wegner got the start in net and kept out 14 of George Mason's 15 shots. Wegner was a part of all four of GW's wins this season and had a team-best 1.07 goals allowed average.
GW equaled its highest goal total of the season. The first time and only other time GW scored three goals came in a 3-1 win vs. Stony Brook on Sept. 5 at the GW Soccer Field.
GW was outshot 15-11, but held a 6-1 advantage in shots on goal.
GW earned a penalty kick in the 60th minute, which was taken by Nacho Alastuey, but was saved by the George Mason goalkeeper.
Eight yellow cards and one red card were issued in the match. Yellows were shown to GW's Sean Vaghedi (51st minute), along with George Mason's Javi Sanchez (22nd minute), Ahmed Mohamed (60th minute), Souley Diouf (73rd minute), James Eliuda (76th minute), a George Mason assistant coach (76th minute) Luis Maestre (81st minute) and Davis Crittenden (86th minute). The red card was shown to George Mason's Nicholas Prioli (87th minute), which forced the Patriots to play the final three-plus minutes with 10 men.